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6.20

Robert is a young writer passing through a difficult time in his life. He decides to return home into his native village for the first time since his mother passed away three years ago. In more than 10 years, he paid only few visits to his parents and this fact is reflected by the distant relationship Robert has with his father. As it happens, he meets two former classmates: Petrica - his old best friend, now married with children and Paula- his teenage sweetheart. She is divorced after an unhappy marriage and is now working at a local store. She doesn’t seem to be engaged in a relationship…

2015

The Escape

The Escape 1975

7.00

Two Romanian soldiers manage to escape from a camp in Tatra mountains, Czechoslovakia.

1975

ania

ania 2024

1

“ania” is a documentary about a woman, who wished to become an artist. Now, she is looking back on her life with a lot of nostalgia and humour.

2024

Virgo Sign

Virgo Sign 1967

6.00

In the fall, under the sign of Virgo, in a Dobrogea village, the harvest festival is in progress. An amateur troupe is playing a scene with Afrodite, Dionysos and Neptune; but also dome old shamanic dances. Dița and Dionis are preparing for wedding. But the sins of their parents will weigh heavily on them.

1967

At the Gates of Earth

At the Gates of Earth 1965

7.30

A group of geologists are in a prospecting expedition. Their personalities are explored as well.

1965

Crossing Dates

Crossing Dates 2008

5.70

3 separate stories take place over two days. The characters' paths intersect, and they affect each-other unintentionally.

2008

The Tunnel

The Tunnel 1966

4.50

Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.

1966

Grounded (Between Borders)

Grounded (Between Borders) 2026

1

When war erupts in Ukraine, three women from different worlds collide at the Romanian border: an Italian woman searching for her missing husband and unborn child, a Romanian mother fighting to save her daughter, and a young Ukrainian surrogate forced to choose between survival and motherhood. Blending documentary reality with fiction, the film explores resilience, sacrifice, and the fragile bonds that emerge in times of conflict.

2026

Holy Week

Holy Week 2024

5.33

The Holy Week, around 1900, somewhere in Romania. The tense relationship between the Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe, his Christian employee, reaches the point where the innkeeper decides to expel the latter. Revengeful, Gheorghe promises Leiba that he will return on Easter Night to “settle” his accounts. This threat comes as a last straw against Leiba’s attempts to cohabit with his hostile, anti-Semitic environment. From then on, Leiba will struggle distinguishing between the real danger and the one fabricated by his anxieties, engaging onto a path of transformation leading to extreme consequences.

2024

Morski Briz

Morski Briz 2018

1

At the end of summer, Laura, aged 60, goes on vacation with an old friend to a village on the Bulgarian coast. The appearance of a stranger disturbs what was supposed to be a peaceful vacation.

2018

Vama Veche Retreat

Vama Veche Retreat 2024

6.00

Eva, a psychologist specializing in couples therapy, is about to get married and her best friends are organizing her bachelorette party at a discreet tantra-yoga retreat in Vama Veche.

2024

Rusalka

Rusalka 2024

1

Five old friends spend a few days together in the resort they used to go in their youth. One of them will bring news that will perturb their holiday.

2024

Don't Believe the Cry of a Night Bird

Don't Believe the Cry of a Night Bird 1977

6.00

Immediately after the war, veteran Vasile Karuntu came to the machine-building plant where Ion worked, who soon became a foreman. They both fell in love with Maria, but she married Vasile. With Maria, he created a family, raised four children, three of whom are adopted orphans. And now, many years after the first rivalry, the management of the plant releases Jonah from the foreman and appoints Vasile instead...

1977

The Duel

The Duel 1981

7.30

Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a gang of professionals. Moldovan is trying to catch the man behind Rica Pasarin, the gang leader, by using his brother, who is a pickpocket thief.

1981

The Yellow Smiley Face

The Yellow Smiley Face 2008

8.00

A heartwarming comedy of parents using a computer for the first time to communicate with their son in America.

2008

Betrayal

Betrayal 1993

6.60

After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.

1993

Gathering Clouds

Gathering Clouds 1986

5.70

Young lawyer Radu Comșa is confronted with an identity crisis as WWI starts.

1986

Heads and Tails

Heads and Tails 2019

6.80

After an incident in a bar, Laurentiu dies due to a serious head injury. The film accompanies him through his last living day and offers a glimpse into his last moments. Based on a real life story.

2019

Underneath the Surface

Underneath the Surface 1967

6.70

A oil and gas engineer applies a new extraction technology. When something goes wrong, almost everybody are quick to assign blame.

1967

Scarred Hearts

Scarred Hearts 2017

6.70

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on a stretcher-bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.

2017